Rake attachment.



No. 695339. Patented Margn, |9021.

u. BENSON.

BAKE ATTACHMENT.

(Application 1ed-May 20, 1901.)

(No Model.)

Witnesses:

sw. i.. IW.

IINTTEE ETnTEs PATENT OEETEE.

OLAF BENSON, OE RED WING, MINNESOTA.

EME-ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,139, dated March11, 1902.

Application tiled May 20,1901, Serial No. 61,029, (No model.)

T0 all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, OLAF BENSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Red XVing, in the county of Goodhue and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rake Attachments,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in rake attachments, its purposebeing to clean the teeth of rakes from debris with which they becomeentangled while in use.

Among the advantages which I claim for my attachment are saving of timeand annoyance in removing the grass, leaves, straw, and other litterwhich catch upon the rake-teeth, as well as protection of the hands fromfilth, by making it unnecessary to handle the litter attached to theteeth.

My invention consists, in combination with the rake, of a spring-frameinclosing the rakehead adapted normally to rest above the teeth and whendepressed to clean them.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is a perspective view of a rake, showing my improved attachment innormal position; and Fig. 2 is a detail view of the same lookingdirectly at the point-s of the teeth.

In the drawings let A represent a rake of ordinary construction, suchasis used by hand and commonly known as a garden-rake. This rake isformed with the head 2 and row of teeth 3 and is provided with thehandle 4, which is attached to the head by the flange 5.

My invention consists of a skeleton frame B, which, as shown, is made ofwire. This frame is formed with the ejector G, which incloses the headof the rake and is reinforced head of the rake when the frame is insuperior position. The other ends of the springarms are coiled into thespring-loops 13,. which are attached to the handle of the rake by thestaples 14E.

When the rake is in use, the skeleton frame is held in superior positionby the springarms, as shown in Fig. 1, and when it is dei sired to cleanthe rake it is turned over and the frame pressed against the ground,thus sliding the ejector toward the points of the teeth and quicklyremoving the debris caught upon the teeth. When the rake is raised, theejector springs back to normal position automatically. y

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire toprotect by Letters Patent, is-

1. .An attachment for rakes, consisting of a wire frame formed with anejector which incloses the head of the rake and having a reinforcing-loop above said head, a pair of spring-arms, divergin g toward andconnected with said loop and ejector, and which bridge the teeth of therake to form stops for the ejector against the head of the rake, and apair of spring-coils formed on the inner ends of said arms and attachedto the handle of the rake for the purposes specified.

2. An attachment for rakes, consisting of an ejector 6 formed by a wireframe inclosing the head of the rake, a reinforcing-loop 7 attached tothe ends of said ejector, a pair of arms 8 attached to said loop andejector, a pair of spring-loops formed on said arms and attached to thehandle of the rake, and a pair of stops l2, bridging the teeth of therake and attached to said ejector.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

OLAF BENSON.

Witnesses:

F. G. BRADBURY, L. E. WICKMAN.

